Ch3 Complete Test Bank Plate Tectonics

Exploring Geology, 5e (Reynolds)

Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics

1) Which of the following features is present on the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest?

A) World's largest oceanic plateau

B) Long, fairly straight fracture zone

C) World's largest linear island chain

D) Island arc within oceanic plates

2) On this map of the south Atlantic, what is the feature that makes a zigzag pattern on the seafloor?

A) Island arc

B) Linear island chain

C) Subduction zone

D) Mid-ocean ridge

E) None of these choices are correct.

3) Why does the Tibetan Plateau, shown in this figure, have a high elevation?

A) Transform faulting

B) Sea floor spreading

C) Continental rifting

D) Continental collision

E) Hot-spot activity

4) On this map of the south Atlantic, why is the mid-ocean ridge in the center of the ocean?

A) Subduction is consuming sea floor beneath both adjacent continents

B) Sea floor is added to both sides during seafloor spreading

C) Subduction has occurred under one and then another of the adjacent continents

D) Sea floor spreading has stopped in this area

5) On this southern continent, which side has a plate boundary?

A) The left (west) side

B) The right (east) side

C) Both sides

D) Neither side

6) In this figure of Japan, what do the offshore trenches indicate?

A) Continental rifting

B) A rift in a mid-ocean ridge formed by sea floor spreading

C) A rift in a mid-ocean ridge formed by transform faulting

D) Subduction of oceanic crust

7) How did the Red Sea, shown between Arabia and Africa in this figure, form?

A) Subduction of Arabia beneath Africa

B) Subduction of Africa beneath Arabia

C) A continental collision

D) Continental rifting followed by sea floor spreading

E) Transform faulting followed by a continental collision

8) Which of the following features is associated with a deep oceanic trench?

A) Mid-ocean ridge

B) Linear island chain

C) Seamount

D) Island arc

9) The study of the origin and arrangement of the broad structural features of Earth's surface is

A) tectonics.

B) geology.

C) structuralism.

10) Tectonics is the study of

A) the origin and arrangement of the broad structural features of Earth's surface.

B) the type and timing of volcanic eruptions around the Earth.

C) the materials and processes that occur at the Earth's surface.

11) Broad, symmetrical ridges that cross ocean basins are called

A) mid-ocean ridges.

B) abyssal plains.

C) seamounts.

D) island chains.

12) Cracks and steps that cross the sea floor and run at right angles to mid-ocean ridges are called

A) oceanic fracture zones.

B) abyssal plains.

C) seamounts.

13) On this map, identify which letter is over a mid-ocean ridge.

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) The feature is not labeled.

14) On this map, identify which letter is over the Atlantic Ocean.

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) The feature is not labeled.

15) On this map, identify which letter is over the Pacific Ocean.

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) The feature is not labeled.

16) On this map, identify which letter is over an island arc.

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) The feature is not labeled.

17) The regions of the ocean characterized by smooth ocean floor are called

A) abyssal plains.

B) seamounts.

C) ocean bottoms.

18) Some continents continue outward from the shoreline under shallow seawater, forming submerged benches called

A) continental shelves.

B) sea mounts.

C) island arcs.

D) island chains.

E) abyssal plains.

19) Curving island chains across the sea floor that are mainly volcanic in origin are called

A) island arcs.

B) sea mounts.

C) continental shelves.

D) abyssal plains.

20) The main reason why the hypothesis of continental drift was not widely accepted was

A) the hypothesis required that the entire Earth was once frozen.

B) the hypothesis required long, narrow land bridges that did not exist.

C) there was no mechanism to move continents through the oceanic crust.

D) All of these were reasons the hypothesis was not widely accepted.

21) What idea brought a renewed interest to the idea of continental drift?

A) Data that a submarine mountain occurred beneath the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

B) Evidence that the entire Earth was once frozen

C) Evidence that similar meteorites fall on different continents

D) Evidence that a large meteorite caused extinction of the dinosaurs

22) Which data was used to develop the hypothesis of continental drift?

A) The shape of the continents

B) The distribution of fossils

C) The distribution of glacial deposits and directions of glacial scratch marks

D) All of these choices are correct.

23) The puzzle-like fit of the continents, similarity of rock types across continents, and glacial evidence all were pieces of evidence supporting Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift. What was another piece of supporting evidence?

A) Distribution of similar fossils across multiple continents

B) Land bridges were discovered connecting Africa and South America

C) Continents were found to have plowed through ocean basins to move into current positions

D) Gravitational pull of the Moon was found to be responsible for connecting Pangaea

24) Harry Hess and Robert Dietz proposed that the oceanic crust in the Atlantic Ocean was spreading apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and that this process moved the continents apart from one another. They called this process

A) sea floor spreading.

B) continental drift.

C) plate tectonics.

D) Gondwana.

25) The image shows the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a submarine volcanic mountain belt that is a key location in the process of

A) sea floor spreading.

B) land bridges.

C) continental drift.

D) South Atlantic drift.

26) Which area on this world map is likely to have volcanoes above sea level?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

27) Which areas on this world map are likely to be near a plate boundary?

A) A and B

B) A and D

C) B and D

D) C and D

E) A, B, and C

28) Which of the following statements is true?

A) Earthquakes are more widespread than volcanoes or high mountains.

B) High mountains are more widespread than volcanoes or earthquakes.

C) Volcanoes are more widespread than earthquakes or high mountains.

29) Which area(s) on this world map is(are) likely to have earthquakes?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) A, B, and C

30) Volcanoes and earthquakes

A) have many areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

B) have few areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

C) have no areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

31) This figure depicts what type of boundary?

A) Oceanic divergent boundary

B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

D) Transform boundary

E) Continental collision

32) A divergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

A) oceanic trench.

B) mountain belt or island arc.

C) mid-ocean ridge.

D) None of these choices are correct.

33) An oceanic transform plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

A) oceanic trench.

B) mountain belt or island arc.

C) mid-ocean ridge.

D) All of these choices are correct.

34) A convergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

A) oceanic trench.

B) linear chain of island.

C) mid-ocean ridge.

D) transform fault.

E) None of these choices are correct.

35) What types of plate boundaries are shown in this figure?

A) Divergent

B) Convergent

C) Transform

D) Divergent and transform

E) Convergent and divergent

36) What type of plate boundary is depicted by the smaller arrows in the center of this figure?

A) Divergent boundary

B) Convergent boundary

C) Transform boundary

D) Hot spot

E) None of these choices are correct.

37) Intense geologic activity occurs at plate

A) boundaries.

B) centers.

C) bottoms.

38) Using the diagram of figures, select the names of the plate boundaries that match the figures going left to right. 

A) Divergent / convergent / transform

B) Convergent / divergent / transform

C) Divergent / transform / convergent

D) Convergent / transform / divergent

E) Transform / divergent / convergent

F) Transform / convergent / divergent

39) At mid-ocean ridges, as two plates diverge

A) solid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface and begins to melt due to decompression.

B) solid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface and begins to melt due to the addition of heat.

C) liquid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface.

40) As two oceanic plates diverge at mid-ocean ridges, melting of the rising mantle occurs due to

A) decompression.

B) the addition of heat.

C) the addition of water.

41) What type of plate boundary is depicted in this figure?

A) Continental rift

B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

D) Divergent and transform boundaries

E) Continental collision

42) What type of plate boundary is depicted in this figure?

A) Oceanic divergent boundary

B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

D) Continental collision boundary

E) Transform boundary

43) Which way are the plates moving in this figure?

A) Away from each other

B) Directly toward each other

C) Toward each other at an angle

D) Horizontally sliding by one another

E) There is no way to tell

44) What is being depicted by this figure?

A) Continental collision

B) Continent-continent convergence

C) Early stages of sea floor spreading

D) Early stages of subduction

E) A boundary that is mostly a transform fault

45) Mid-ocean ridges form where two ocean plates

A) collide.

B) diverge.

C) subduct.

D) slide past each other.

E) are destroyed.

46) What occurs at mid-ocean ridges?

A) Oceanic crust is destroyed

B) Continental crust is destroyed

C) Oceanic crust is created

D) Continental crust is created

E) All crust is destroyed by magma

47) Mid-ocean ridges are higher than surrounding oceanic crust primarily because

A) two plates are colliding.

B) the crust is thicker.

C) the crust is stronger.

D) transform faulting uplifts the rocks.

E) the lithosphere is thinner and hotter.

48) The main way new oceanic crust is created is by

A) eruption of lavas and solidification of magmas at depth.

B) sediment scraped off a subducting slab.

C) continents that subside below sea level.

D) continental rifting, before the continents separate.

E) magmas along an ocean-continent convergent boundary.

49) The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest,

A) narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, and wide ocean basin.

B) narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, and uplift.

C) uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, and continental rift.

D) wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, and continental rift.

E) uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, and wide ocean basin.

50) Which of the following best represents the sequence by which a continent splits apart?

A) Sea floor spreading, then continental rifting, then uplift due to mantle upwelling

B) Continental rifting, then sea floor spreading, then uplift due to mantle upwelling

C) Uplift due to mantle upwelling, then continental rifting, then sea floor spreading

D) None of these choices are correct.

51) Which of the following contains a modern continental rift?

A) Eastern North America

B) Eastern Africa

C) Eastern Europe

D) Eastern Pacific Ocean

E) East Timor

52) Which of the following is associated with a mid-ocean ridge?

A) An island arc

B) Magma produced as the mantle rise up

C) Melting of the subducting plate

D) Lower topography than surrounding sea floor

E) Continental rift

53) Which of the following is NOT happening in the area shown by this figure?

A) Plates are moving apart

B) Eruptions onto the sea floor

C) Release of water by a descending plate

D) Melting of rising mantle

E) Faulting

54) Mid-ocean ridges are elevated above the sea floor. The elevation of the sea floor

A) decreases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the cooling and contraction of the rocks.

B) increases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the expansion of the rocks.

C) decreases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the expansion of the rocks.

D) increases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the cooling and contraction of the rocks.

55) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mid-ocean divergent boundary?

A) As the plates move apart, solid lithosphere moves upward into the asthenosphere.

B) Submarine lava flows form new ocean crust.

C) Mid-ocean ridges are elevated above the surrounding seafloor.

D) A rift runs along the axis of mid-ocean ridges because of movement as the plates diverge from each other.

56) Which of the following does NOT describe continental rifting?

A) If rifting continues the continent will remain intact

B) Occurs on a continent

C) Includes a broad uplift of the land surface as magma ascends

57) A divergent boundary can form within a continent. If it does it is called a

A) continental rift.

B) plate tectonics.

C) mid-continent ridge.

D) continental edge.

E) continental shelf.

58) An accretionary prism of sediments and oceanic crust is formed

A) near an oceanic trench created by the subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another plate.

B) in the asthenosphere as the subduction of one oceanic plate enters the asthenosphere.

C) on top of the oceanic plate that is not being subducted.

59) Which feature on this figure is formed by bending of the subducted plate?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

60) The plate boundary on this figure is located between

A) A and B.

B) B and C.

C) C and D.

D) D and E.

E) There is not enough information to tell.

61) A continent has an oceanic trench offshore of its coast. Which of the following is probably NOT present along this side of the continent?

A) A mountain belt

B) Earthquakes

C) Volcanoes

D) Melting along a mid-ocean ridge

E) Subduction of an oceanic plate

62) Which feature on this figure is formed by melting of mantle above the slab?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

63) On this figure of a continental collision, which continent would have had subduction-related magmatism before the collision?

A) The continent on the left

B) The continent on the right

C) Both continents

D) Neither continent

64) How is magma created in a subduction zone?

A) Friction between the two plates causes the lithosphere to melt.

B) Subduction brings one plate to a depth hot enough for minerals in the plate to melt.

C) Subduction brings one plate to a depth hot enough for minerals to release water; this water causes melting in the overlying asthenosphere.

65) When two oceanic plates converge, some magma erupts under the ocean, forming volcanoes that may rise above the sea. These volcanoes can form a curved

A) island arc.

B) line of calderas.

C) sequence of magma chambers.

D) reef.

66) Convergence of two ocean plates forms an ocean-ocean

A) convergent boundary.

B) divergent boundary.

C) transform boundary.

67) The process of one plate sliding beneath another plate is called

A) subduction.

B) conduction.

C) transformation.

D) convergence.

E) divergence.

68) The Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by

A) a string of volcanoes.

B) earthquakes.

C) island arcs.

D) a string of seamounts.

69) The convergence of two continental masses is known as a

A) continental collision.

B) subduction.

C) conduction.

D) divergent collision.

70) Enormous mountain belts and high plateaus can be formed when two continental plates collide and

A) neither is subducted.

B) both diverge from one another.

C) both are subducted beneath each other.

71) The Tibetan and Himalaya Plateaus are the result of

A) two continental plates colliding and forming mountain ranges.

B) two continental plates diverging from each other.

C) two continental plates being subducted beneath each other.

72) The majority of transform boundaries are found

A) in the middle of continents.

B) along continental margins.

C) in conjunction with mid-ocean ridges.

D) within island arcs.

73) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on a transform fault?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

74) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on an oceanic fracture zone?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

75) On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 3?

A) Transform fault

B) Mid-ocean ridge

C) Linear island chain

D) Fracture zone

76) On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 4?

A) Transform fault

B) Mid-ocean ridge

C) Linear island chain

D) Fracture zone

77) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on a site of sea floor spreading?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

78) On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 2?

A) Transform fault

B) Mid-ocean ridge

C) Linear island chain

D) Fracture zone

79) A triple junction is

A) a place where three plate boundaries meet.

B) a place along a mid-ocean ridge with three volcanoes.

C) a place within a divergent fault that has subducted beneath two other mid-ocean ridges.

80) This figure shows plate boundaries south of Alaska. Which location(s) is(are) on a transform boundary?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 2 and 3

81) This figure shows plate boundaries south of Alaska. Which location(s) is(are) likely to contain volcanoes above a subduction zone?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 2 and 3

82) This figure shows plate boundaries south of Alaska. Which location(s) is(are) along a convergent boundary?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 2 and 3

83) A force that is important in driving plate tectonics is

A) slab pull.

B) ridge push.

C) upwelling mantle, such as in hot spots.

D) All of these choices are correct.

84) How fast do plates move relative to one another?

A) Centimeters per year

B) Meters per year

C) Kilometers per year

D) One hundred kilometers per year

85) When a plate boundary changes its orientation, it can change from

A) a spreading center to a transform fault.

B) a transform fault to a spreading center.

C) a transform fault to a subduction zone.

D) All of these choices are correct.

E) None of these choices are correct.

86) Select the statement that best describes how the process of plate tectonics circulates materials between the asthenosphere and the lithosphere.

A) Some asthenosphere becomes lithosphere at mid-ocean spreading centers and reenters the asthenosphere at subduction zones.

B) Some lithosphere becomes asthenosphere at mid-ocean spreading centers and reenters the lithosphere at subduction zones.

C) The materials that form the asthenosphere never mix with the materials that form the lithosphere.

87) Which of the following best explains the relationship between driving and resisting forces with respect to plate tectonics?

A) The driving forces must exceed the resisting forces.

B) The resisting forces must exceed the driving forces.

C) The resisting and driving forces must be equal.

88) Which of the following are characteristics of slab pull? 

A) Subducting oceanic lithosphere is denser than asthenosphere.

B) Gravity is a major force in slab pull.

C) Subducting plates move faster than non-subducting plates.

89) Slab pull refers to

A) subducting lithosphere.

B) subducting mantle.

C) divergent boundaries of lithospheric plates.

D) transform boundaries of lithospheric plates.

90) Mantle convection involves the asthenosphere moving upward due to its lower

A) density.

B) temperature.

C) mineral content.

91) The yearly rate of tectonic plate movement is best measured in

A) centimeters.

B) meters.

C) kilometers.

92) Ridge push involves 

A) gravity causing the plate to slide away from the topographically high ridge, pushing the plate outward.

B) gravity causing the plate to slide toward the topographically high ridge, pulling the plate inward.

C) gravity causing the plate to slide sideways to the topographically high ridge, pushing the plate into the rift between the two plates.

93) Which of the following is referring to a ridge push? 

A) A plate sliding away from the topographically high ridge and pushing the plate outward

B) A plate subducting into the asthenosphere and the ridge pushing the asthenosphere higher under the lithosphere

C) A plate being pushed into the asthenosphere from the lithospheric weight above it

94) The boundary between two plates may not have the same characteristics in different geographic locations because of

A) curves and abrupt bends that appear in boundaries between plates.

B) one plate's depth relative to the adjacent plate's depth.

C) plate boundary positions with respect to the surrounding oceans.

95) What causes magnetic stripes on the seafloor, such as those shown here?

A) Volcanic rocks in oceanic crust are covered by a variable thickness of sediment.

B) Some oceanic crust consists of volcanic rocks and some is composed of sediment.

C) Sometimes Earth's magnetic field points north and sometimes it points south.

D) Some volcanic rocks are formed in normal ways and others have pillows.

96) This diagram shows magnetic stripes on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. How many times did the magnetic field change polarity to form all of the stripes shown here?

A) Twice

B) Three times

C) Five times

D) Eleven times

97) This diagram shows magnetic stripes on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. How many different ages of stripes are represented in this diagram?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 6

E) 11

98) The Earth's magnetic field is generated by

A) salty water moving through the deep parts of the crust.

B) convection currents in the asthenosphere.

C) movement of iron and electrical currents within Earth's outer core.

D) aligned magnetic minerals within Earth's inner core.

99) If the area shown in this figure is 240 kilometers wide, and the oldest crest is 4 million years old, what was the approximate rate of sea floor spreading across this ridge?

A) 0.24 kilometers per million years

B) 2.4 kilometers per million years

C) 60 kilometers per million years

D) 240 kilometers per million years

E) 960 kilometers per million years

100) What is associated with reversed magnetic polarity?

A) A compass needle would point to the geographic south

B) The magnetic signal of sea floor formed with this polarity would be stronger compared to adjacent areas of the sea floor

C) There are much fewer intervals of reversed polarity than normal polarity

D) All of these choices are correct.

101) What are some uses of magnetic reversals?

A) Matching the patterns of reversals in a rock sequence to the magnetic timescale

B) Studying magnetic stripes on the sea floor

C) Calculating rates of sea floor spreading

D) All of these choices are correct.

102) How many times did the Earth's magnetic field switch from north to south in the last 10 million years?

A) Many - more than 20 times

B) Seldom - less than 5 times

C) Never

103) The layer of Earth that behaves as a dynamo (electrical generator), producing the magnetic field is the

A) outer core.

B) crust.

C) inner crust.

D) mantle.

104) Magnetic patterns develop on the sea floor as basaltic lava erupts and cools and

A) iron-rich minerals align with Earth's magnetic field.

B) iron-rich minerals align parallel to the oceanic rift.

C) silicic minerals align with Earth's magnetic field.

105) If a magnetic stripe is 120 km wide and formed over 4 m.y., what would the rate of sea floor spreading be?

A) 30 km/m.y.

B) 116 km/m.y.

C) .03 km/m.y.

106) On the accompanying figure, which letter is over the oldest oceanic crust?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

107) On the accompanying figure, which letter is over the youngest oceanic crust?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

108) On the accompanying figure, which letter(s) is(are) likely over oceanic crust that is similar in age to that beneath letter E?

A) A and B

B) B

C) C

D) D

109) On the accompanying figure, which letter is over the oldest oceanic crust?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

110) On the accompanying figure, which letter is over the youngest oceanic crust?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

111) Island chains and seamounts cross parts of the ocean floor. These oceanic islands and associated seamounts are

A) different in character but the same in origin as curved island arcs.

B) the same in character but different in origin from curved island arcs.

C) different in character but the same in origin from curved island arcs.

112) Where is subduction occurring on this map of South America?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

E) E

113) On this map of South America, which features are NOT on a plate boundary?

A) A and B

B) B and C

C) C and D

D) D and E

E) All of the features are on a plate boundary.

114) What is the underlying geologic explanation for why western South America is so different from eastern South America?

A) The western side is a plate boundary and the eastern side is not.

B) The eastern side is a plate boundary and the western side is not.

C) The western side marks a plate divergence and the eastern side marks a plate convergence.

115) Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on a divergent plate boundary?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

116) Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on a convergent plate boundary?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

117) Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on the abyssal plain?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

118) Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on a passive continental margin?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

119) Which location on this figure from the Investigation is most likely to have volcanoes formed above a subduction zone?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

120) On the accompanying map, earthquakes are least likely at locations

A) 1, 2, and 3.

B) 1 and 4.

C) 1 and 5.

D) 2, 3, and 4.

E) 4 and 5.

121) On the accompanying map, large, destructive earthquakes that affect land are most likely at locations

A) 1 and 2.

B) 2 and 3.

C) 4 and 5.

D) 1 and 4.

E) 1 and 5.

122) On the accompanying map, volcanic eruptions are most likely at locations

A) 1 and 2.

B) 2 and 3.

C) 3 and 4.

D) 1 and 3.

E) 2 and 5.

123) The feature at location 3 is probably

A) a divergent boundary.

B) a convergent boundary.

C) a subduction zone.

D) where two plates are colliding.

E) not a plate boundary.

124) On the accompanying map, earthquakes are most likely at locations

A) 1, 2, and 3.

B) 1 and 4.

C) 1 and 5.

D) 2, 3, and 4.

E) 4 and 5.

125) Volcanoes that present major hazards to people living on the continents are likely at location

A) 1.

B) 2.

C) 3.

D) 5.

E) 1, 2, and 5.

126) The safest place for humans to live, away from volcanic activity and earthquakes, is

A) 1.

B) 2.

C) 3.

D) 4.

E) 5.

127) The continental edge between locations 4 and 5 is probably

A) a divergent boundary.

B) a convergent boundary.

C) an active continental rift.

D) where two plates are colliding.

E) not a plate boundary.

128) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

129) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

130) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

131) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

132) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

133) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

134) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

135) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

136) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

137) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

138) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

139) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

140) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

141) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

142) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

143) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

144) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

145) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

146) Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle.

A) Likely

B) Unlikely

147) Based on the position of the houses on Continent A, which one is built in the safest location?

A) House A

B) House B

C) House C

D) House D

E) House E

148) This figure shows a northwest-southeast line of islands and seamounts near Hawaii. If location 3 has the oldest rocks and Hawaii (1) has the youngest rocks, which way is the plate moving with respect to the hot spot?

A) Northwest

B) Southeast

C) Northwest and southeast

D) It is not moving in a consistent direction